Christopher

The Ruby Suns - Christopher
Critic Score
Based on 16 reviews
2013 Ratings: #1084 / 1115
User Score
Based on 12 ratings
January 29, 2013 / Release Date
LP / Format
Indie Pop / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

75
The 405

The painstaking labour process (which often involved working well into the night) has in no doubt paid off - Christopher is well worth digging the big speakers out for.

70
Drowned in Sound

Despite the self-therapy and tonal lulls, Christopher is a highly listenable affair that produces two truly outstanding moments.

60
NME

 ‘Christopher’ is all dreamy lushness with synths that range all the way from zappy to squashy. 

58
Pitchfork

Ruby Suns quickly lose their nerve and hooks about halfway through Christopher, and it simply becomes a brighter, albeit favorable, take on Fight Softly's mushier innards

58
A.V. Club

Even if Christopher is almost always functional, it’s almost never essential.

40
PopMatters

The few peaks of Christopher are heavily outweighed by its deep valleys and plodding middle ground, which pass by without so much as a signpost of remembrance. 

40
Consequence of Sound

The Ruby Suns have always shone brightest when they kick their shoes to the sand and run with the breeze. As Christopher shows, they’re not quite so hot on the dark stuff.

steviedub
54

Kenya Dig It? Sadly, No.

johnonymous
20

Kingfisher Call Me is literally the only good one. Ugh come on guys...

RobertAckley
44

Chock full of cliches and half-baked platitudes, any strictly musical value to the album is immediately overshadowed by its unignorably feeble lyricism

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Track List

  1. The Desert Of Pop
  2. In Real Life
  3. Dramatikk
  4. Kingfisher Call Me
  5. Rush
  6. Jump In
  7. Boy
  8. Starlight
  9. Futon Fortress
  10. Heart Attack
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Added on: January 4, 2013